Combined folding table and clothes-rack.



No. 861,453. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

H. W. FUN K.

COMBINED FOLDING TABLE AND CLOTHES RACK. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 18, 1907.

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- No. 861,453. PATBNTBD JULY'30, 1907.

H. W. FUNK- G'OMBINED FOLDING TABLE AND CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1907.

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HENRY W. FUNK, OF HAGFRSTOWN, MARYLAND.

COMBINED FOLDING TABLE AND CLOTHES-BACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed March l8, 1907. Serial No, 363,062.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. FUNK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Folding Table and Clothes-Rack; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined folding tables and clothes racks, and comprises a simple. and eflicient device of this nature involving various details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention'adjusted for use as an ironing board. Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the invention adjusted for use as a clothes rack. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the invention folded. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through the invention as illustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of a supplemental rack. Fig. 6 is a detailed view showing the manner of connecting brace rods with eyes upon the frame. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view showing the manner of holding the clothes supporting rack in an upright position.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, A designate legs, which intersect each other at A A and are rigidly held together at their points of intersection. A cross-piece B connects they lower ends of the legs and a top piece 0 is fastened to the upper ends of the legs, the upper surfaces of said pieces 0 being flush with the tops of said legs.

D, D designate pins, one projecting upward from each cross-piece G and designed to engage an aperture in a board or table top E.

F, F designate two vertical shafts, the ends of which carry pintles H, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and having pivotal connections with the cross-pieces at the tops and bottoms of said legs, whereby said legs, in pairs, may be folded in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in alinement with each other.

Connecting the shafts F is a strip K which is reinforced by the inclined braces N which connect the same with the shafts F.

O designates a rack, the inner longitudinal edge of which is pivoted to the piece K and is designed, when held in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, to form means for supporting any article being ironed, keeping the same from contact with the floor.

Q designates rods having eyes at their ends connected to the eyes Q which are carried by.the piece K, and the hooked ends of said rods, when the device is adjusted for use as an ironing table, are adapted to engage eyes a carried by the legs A and form means for supporting the rack at an inclination. A supplemental rack, designated by letter R, is provided having strips R which are designed to be fulcrumed over one of the longitudinal strips of the rack O and engage an adjacent strip of the rack, as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

\Vhen the device is adjusted for use as a clothes rack, the rack O is thrown in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, the movement in one direction being limited by the braces N and the buttons I mounted upon the shafts F, and which buttons may be turned at I angles to said shafts and serve as stops to prevent the swinging in one direction of the upper portion of the rack, and suitable buttons J are placed upon the opposite sides of the shafts to hold the rack from moving in the opposite direction.

When the device is folded, the parts may be assembled in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the hooked rods are detached from the eyes a and the two sets of legs are folded against the same side of the rack O, and the hooks at the ends of said rods are caught in the eyes S fastened to the legs above their points of intersection, thereby affording means for securely holding the legs folded and the rack in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The supplemental rack B may be held in the position shown by passing the longitudinal strips thereof behind the braces N.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that by the provision of an apparatus comprising the features shown and described, a simple and efficient folding table and clothes rack is afforded which will be durable, simple in construction, and so arranged that, when not in use, it may be reduced to a convenient, compact form for shipment or otherwise.

What I claim is 1. A combined folding table and clothes rack, comprising legs which intersect each other and arranged in pairs. cross-pieces connecting the legs of each pair, shafts pivotally connected to said cross-pieces at one side of the point of intersection of the legs, a strip connecting said shafts, a clothes rack hinged to said strip rods connected to the latter, and eyes upon said legs adapted to be engaged by the hooked ends of said rods, the latter serving to support the rack when opened out, as set forth.

2. A combined folding table and clothes rack, comprising legs which intersect each other and arranged in pairs, cross-pieces connecting the legs of each pair, shafts pivotally connected to said cross-pieces at one side of the point of intersection of the legs, a strip connecting said shafts, a clothes rack hinged to said strip rods connected to the latter, eyes upon said legs adapted to be engaged by' the hooked ends of said rods, the latter serving to support the rack when opened out, and a detachable auxiliary rack designed to engage the longitudinal strips of the hinged rack, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY W. FUNK.

Witnesses A. L. HOUGH, FRANKLIN H. I-IoUGH. 

